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Racing 6DOF stewart platform

Discussion in 'DIY Motion Simulator Projects' started by Gadget999, Feb 15, 2019.

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  1. Rodeo5150

    Rodeo5150 ROOKIE BUT LEARNING FAST Gold Contributor

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    Would you maybe sell 6 motors out of your stock pile?
    Rodeo5150, Feb 12, 2022
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  2. Gadget999

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    Where are you located ?
    Gadget999, Feb 12, 2022
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  3. Rodeo5150

    Rodeo5150 ROOKIE BUT LEARNING FAST Gold Contributor

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    I am in the Bay Area California
    Rodeo5150, Feb 13, 2022
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  4. Gadget999

    Gadget999 Well-Known Member

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    The postage from the Uk will be too high.

    Look at wheelchair motors in your local area or contact a disability shop
    Gadget999, Feb 13, 2022
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  5. Rodeo5150

    Rodeo5150 ROOKIE BUT LEARNING FAST Gold Contributor

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    Ya your right. Ok thanks an 20220214_222208.jpg yway. Heres my progress so far. Im just gonna use brand new mercedes wiper motors till I can get some DC motors. I had already bought 6 of em from ebay when Id asked you ;)
    Rodeo5150, Feb 15, 2022
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  6. Gadget999

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  7. Thanos

    Thanos Building the Future one AC Servo at a time... or 6

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    Thanos, Mar 17, 2022
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  8. Halloween2go

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    Halloween2go, Mar 17, 2022
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    Rodeo5150, Mar 18, 2022
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  10. Gadget999

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    my first sim was a 2dof

    for the 6dof I decided on the floor frame size and just went ahead and built it

    i figured i had spent enough time thinking about it, i just needed to get on and do it
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    Gadget999, Mar 18, 2022
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  11. Halloween2go

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    Yeah.. that's what I do too.. I've been messing around with a couple rigs on my YT channel for the past few months.. Just testing different motors and all that stuff.. I did read through your post here. Obviously bigger motors will be better.. Are you on 12V or 24V now? Did you build your own actuators for that monster rig? Thanks my friend!
    Halloween2go, Mar 18, 2022
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    I use 2x 24v motors 800w for each actuator
    Gadget999, Mar 18, 2022
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    Ok.. So a total of 12 motors? For that amount of wattage, what kind of power supplies do you use? Or are you using a couple 12V batts in series.. I am running a 850amp battery for my main rig.. very simple.. Just getting into the AC to DC converters so just asking questions if you dont mind. Thanks
    Halloween2go, Mar 18, 2022
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    I would also like to know what power supplies your using and what kind of wattage your actually using
    Keith, Mar 21, 2022
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    6 x 800 watts

    I use 2x 12v car batteries and a 25 amp 24v power supply to keep them topped up

    the motor drivers are 100a each and can handle 200a for short periods of time
    Gadget999, Mar 21, 2022
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    Yeah. Batteries are the 'bomb' when it comes to DC available AMPS.. Thanks for letting me know.. Of course when I blow a power supply, I will think.. JEEZE "I need some batteries" to deliver the power.. Seriously I would just use batteries and a charger if I did not want to take the rig 'inside'.. I guess I could buy some Telcom batteries. (rated much higher amp/hr) but I want to 'test the waters' on AC to DC delivery. I'll post what I find if it's somewhat coherent (sometimes it's not hahaah) DMAX YT ch
    Halloween2go, Mar 22, 2022
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    most modern 12v batteries are sealed and do not give off any vapour

    I did use some powerful sever power supplies, but they did not like the regenerative loads. I even tried a snubber diode - it got very hot !

    you can buy a 12v car battery brand new for very little money, I always seem to have some lying around.

    I used a set of jump leads to provide the power to the motor drivers - again very cheap brand new, available in long lengths and up to 500 amps.
    Gadget999, Mar 22, 2022
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    Thanks my friend! I already have one battery 850amp which I run the 3DOF off of. I just want to see how those converters work out.. + I did find some DELL server converters up to 1k watt at 12V. so I would need to run a 12V system. Anyway.. Thanks for all your assistance and information DMAX
    Halloween2go, Mar 24, 2022
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    Hey. I ended up getting the same 100a motor controllers as you. Are you running these from the arduino's in mode 1?
    Keith, Mar 25, 2022
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    They need pwm, and 2 direction pins

    I dont use smc3 anymore but it should work ok
    Gadget999, Mar 25, 2022
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